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Samuel Beckett is not a cheery playwright, and “A Few Rags of Love: An Evening of Samuel Beckett’s Shorter Plays,” the set of his short plays (“Catastrophe,” “Rough For Theater 1,?...
Tierney seems to long for the day when American history courses line up in the catalog in neatly marked packages: 101, “From Exploration to Settlement,” 102, “The Revolution,” 103, “The Early Republic.?...
Yesterday, on Ash Wednesday, the Christian practice of Lent began: forty days of preparation for Resurrection—the zenith of faith. While in church, I witnessed an eclectic parade of coordinated bodies in procession toward the altar, where the priest marked each person’s forehead with a...
While it’s hard to argue morally with lyrics such as “Why do we keep killing each other, what’s the reason?/God made us all equal in his vision,” the forced rhyme and general lack of fun make this...
Hundreds of interviews, tens of thousands of dollars, and weeks of clandestine meetings are par for the course when searching for a new University president.Which is not surprising, considering that Harvard is looking for a person to fill possibly the most prestigious and stressful position in the academic world.Harvard has...